Thu, 11 Jul 2024 China Law in One Minute CJO Staff Contributors Team
In April 2024, China issued the Regulation on Ecological Protection Compensation, aiming to incentivize and compensate ecological protectors through fiscal transfers, interregional agreements, and market mechanisms.
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In February 2024, China's State Council issued interim regulations to establish a legal framework for carbon emissions trading, effective May 1, 2024, to support carbon reduction and neutrality goals.
Tue, 19 Dec 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In October 2023, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) reported to China’s top legislature, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, on a notable rise in environmental cases handled by Chinese courts, emphasizing international collaboration for environmental justice principles.
Tue, 19 Dec 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In October 2023, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's legislature, promulgated the newly revised Marine Environment Protection Law, which imposes stricter regulations on activities in the marine environment and prohibits certain discharges and dumping.
Mon, 16 Oct 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
The “Several Provisions on the Participation of People’s Assessors with Expertise in the Trial of Cases involving Environmental Resource” (關于具有專門知識的人民陪審員參加環境資源案件審理的若干規定), newly issued by China’s Supreme People’s Court, came into effect on 1 Aug. 2023.
Mon, 28 Aug 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In June 2023, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) issued Environment and Resources Adjudication of China (2022) with typical cases and released data on environmental protection cases heard by Chinese courts in 2022.
Mon, 21 Aug 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In June 2023, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released twelve typical cases on wetland ecological conservation.
Mon, 10 Jul 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In May 2023, China issued the “Announcement of Matters Concerning the Implementation of the China VI Emission Standards for Vehicles”. China will ban the production, import and sale of vehicles that fail to meet the China VI-b emission standards.
Mon, 10 Apr 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In February 2023, China’s Supreme People’s Court released ten Typical Cases on Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality, including the one where a Bitcoin mining service contract was ruled null and void.
Mon, 10 Apr 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In 2023, under China’s Supreme People’s Court’s recently issued policy on carbon peak and carbon neutrality, the infringers are entitled to voluntarily purchase China Certified Emission Reduction (CCER) and write it off in the Carbon Emission Trading Market or buy other carbon sink products to offset the loss of carbon sink.